I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

anaheimhill

Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 9:09a

The new iPad 4 for $499 is the worst deal!

ChinaRider said: If you don't need it right this moment and don't mind dealing with Black Friday fiascoes, this seems to be a better deal for regular WalMart customers:

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

suezyque

Duct Tape Rules

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:01a

ChinaRider said: If you don't need it right this moment and don't mind dealing with Black Friday fiascoes, this seems to be a better deal for regular WalMart customers:

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

Muley

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:12a

Depending on the taxes in your state

Tax in 319 should be a few bucks different than tax on 399, so the difference may be more than five bucks, fwiw

nwrain

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:17a

For people trying to figure out what size tablet to buy:

I spent a couple of hours in the past three weeks looking through forum posts comparing 10" tablets to 7" ones. I was particularly interested in the opinion of people that actually owned both sizes. About 80% of people of those people said that although they did like both sizes of tablet, their smaller one gets far more use.

I was leaning toward purchasing a 10" tablet and ended up buying a 7" just for this reason. I'm glad I did.

vijujoshi

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:21a

nwrain said: For people trying to figure out what size tablet to buy:

I spent a couple of hours in the past three weeks looking through forum posts comparing 10" tablets to 7" ones. I was particularly interested in the opinion of people that actually owned both sizes. About 80% of people of those people said that although they did like both sizes of tablet, their smaller one gets far more use.

I was leaning toward purchasing a 10" tablet and ended up buying a 7" just for this reason. I'm glad I did.

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

I hear you but this is one of three products that are guaranteed to be in stock during the one hour Thanksgiving night or you get a raincheck-equivalent for it. So as long as you go to WalMart during that hour, you will get the deal. Interesting approach and I am guessing Apple and WalMart teamed up together to blow out iPad2 inventory as they wind it down and the iPad mini fills that product slot.

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

I hear you but this is one of three products that are guaranteed to be in stock during the one hour Thanksgiving night or you get a raincheck-equivalent for it. So as long as you go to WalMart during that hour, you will get the deal. Interesting approach and I am guessing Apple and WalMart teamed up together to blow out iPad2 inventory as they wind it down and the iPad mini fills that product slot.

With some quick math I've come up with this.

Buying from Apple for $319, adding tax, subtracting Discover CB, I get $329.

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

Order at WalMart website during Black Friday sales event. No crowds to deal with.

suezyque said: 69ragtop said: suezyque said: ChinaRider said: If you don't need it right this moment and don't mind dealing with Black Friday fiascoes, this seems to be a better deal for regular WalMart customers:

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

I hear you but this is one of three products that are guaranteed to be in stock during the one hour Thanksgiving night or you get a raincheck-equivalent for it. So as long as you go to WalMart during that hour, you will get the deal. Interesting approach and I am guessing Apple and WalMart teamed up together to blow out iPad2 inventory as they wind it down and the iPad mini fills that product slot.

With some quick math I've come up with this.

Buying from Apple for $319, adding tax, subtracting Discover CB, I get $329.

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

Order at WalMart website during Black Friday sales event. No crowds to deal with.

You probably missed the part where the WM deal is $27 more than the Apple deal. I can also buy the Apple deal today, not 2 weeks from now.

Calculate FW Cash Back and Discover card Cash Back.....WalMart is a better deal since you get brand new one versus refurbished. You have to be real donkey to pay similar price for a refurbished unit when you can buy brand new on online during Black Friday.

suezyque said: docjoo said: suezyque said: ChinaRider said: If you don't need it right this moment and don't mind dealing with Black Friday fiascoes, this seems to be a better deal for regular WalMart customers:

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

Order at WalMart website during Black Friday sales event. No crowds to deal with.

You probably missed the part where the WM deal is $27 more than the Apple deal. I can also buy the Apple deal today, not 2 weeks from now.

You are forgetting FW CashBack....and that u are buying a brand new one....not refurbished unit that someone returned. If you waited over 2 years to buy iPad 2, what's another two weeks. WalMart is better deal since you get a brand new one.

suezyque

Duct Tape Rules

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 11:26a

docjoo said: vijujoshi said: Agree with you 100% "suezyque".

Calculate FW Cash Back and Discover card Cash Back.....WalMart is a better deal since you get brand new one versus refurbished. You have to be real donkey to pay similar price for a refurbished unit when you can buy brand new on online during Black Friday.

You can't combine the 2% from FW CB with 5% CB from Discover. An Apple refurb is as good as new. New shell and battery, plus the same 1 yr. warranty. Keep trying.

Calculate FW Cash Back and Discover card Cash Back.....WalMart is a better deal since you get brand new one versus refurbished. You have to be real donkey to pay similar price for a refurbished unit when you can buy brand new on online during Black Friday.

You can't combine the 2% from FW CB with 5% CB from Discover. An Apple refurb is as good as new. New shell and battery, plus the same 1 yr. warranty. Keep trying.

It depends. If you are a performance junkie, the iPad 4 is 2x faster than iPad 3 in benchmark.

foghorn19

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 11:57a

nwrain said: For people trying to figure out what size tablet to buy:

I spent a couple of hours in the past three weeks looking through forum posts comparing 10" tablets to 7" ones. I was particularly interested in the opinion of people that actually owned both sizes. About 80% of people of those people said that although they did like both sizes of tablet, their smaller one gets far more use.

I was leaning toward purchasing a 10" tablet and ended up buying a 7" just for this reason. I'm glad I did.

This.

I own ipad3 and a Nexus 7, and my usage is such that both of them can satisfy my tablet needs 100%. The Nexus 7 gets far more use than the ipad. Once you try them both for a few weeks and compare the experience, the smaller sized tablet wins, hands down.

Calculate FW Cash Back and Discover card Cash Back.....WalMart is a better deal since you get brand new one versus refurbished. You have to be real donkey to pay similar price for a refurbished unit when you can buy brand new on online during Black Friday.

You can't combine the 2% from FW CB with 5% CB from Discover. An Apple refurb is as good as new. New shell and battery, plus the same 1 yr. warranty. Keep trying.

Yes you can combine FW and Discover cashbacks. Discover gives 5% CashBack on online purchase until December. You do not have to purchase from Discover link. Use FW link and you will get both cashbacks.

foghorn19 said: nwrain said: For people trying to figure out what size tablet to buy:

I spent a couple of hours in the past three weeks looking through forum posts comparing 10" tablets to 7" ones. I was particularly interested in the opinion of people that actually owned both sizes. About 80% of people of those people said that although they did like both sizes of tablet, their smaller one gets far more use.

I was leaning toward purchasing a 10" tablet and ended up buying a 7" just for this reason. I'm glad I did.

This.

I own ipad3 and a Nexus 7, and my usage is such that both of them can satisfy my tablet needs 100%. The Nexus 7 gets far more use than the ipad. Once you try them both for a few weeks and compare the experience, the smaller sized tablet wins, hands down.

So, the $329 ipad mini is a better deal.

So you think iPad mini is better deal than Nexus 7? Just purchased Nexus 7 32GB for less than $190 via RadioShack deal (posted on FW two days ago). I have iPad 2 so don't need a mini. $190 Nexus 7 is better deal for me. Giving it to my kid for Christmas.

Calculate FW Cash Back and Discover card Cash Back.....WalMart is a better deal since you get brand new one versus refurbished. You have to be real donkey to pay similar price for a refurbished unit when you can buy brand new on online during Black Friday.

You can't combine the 2% from FW CB with 5% CB from Discover. An Apple refurb is as good as new. New shell and battery, plus the same 1 yr. warranty. Keep trying.

Yes you can combine FW and Discover cashbacks. Discover gives 5% CashBack on online purchase until December. You do not have to purchase from Discover link. Use FW link and you will get both cashbacks.

Sign up to earn 5% CashBack Bonus for Department store and online purchases from 10/1/12 (or the date on which you sign up, whichever is later) through 12/31/12, subject to a cap of $1500 in purchases. Department stores are defined as retailers selling a wide variety of merchandise, with separate checkout counters in each department. Amounts that are not charged to your card during your online purchase will not qualify. These purchases must post to your account by 12/31/12 and do not count towards determining your eligibility to earn 1%. Purchases made at warehouse clubs, wholesale distributors, or discount stores are not eligible. If a purchase is coded for a category other than those listed above, it will not qualify. Rewards are added to your CashBack Bonus account within 2 billing periods. See CashBack Bonus Program Terms and Conditions for further details.

Calculate FW Cash Back and Discover card Cash Back.....WalMart is a better deal since you get brand new one versus refurbished. You have to be real donkey to pay similar price for a refurbished unit when you can buy brand new on online during Black Friday.

You can't combine the 2% from FW CB with 5% CB from Discover. An Apple refurb is as good as new. New shell and battery, plus the same 1 yr. warranty. Keep trying.

Yes you can combine FW and Discover cashbacks. Discover gives 5% CashBack on online purchase until December. You do not have to purchase from Discover link. Use FW link and you will get both cashbacks.

Read the fine print... 5% not valid on discount store purchases.

Fine print:* Earn 5% CashBack Bonus for Department store and online purchases from 10/1/12 (or the date on which you signed up, whichever is later) through 12/31/12, subject to a cap of $1500 in purchases. Department stores are defined as retailers selling a wide variety of merchandise, with separate checkout counters in each department. Amounts that are not charged to your card during your online purchase will not qualify. These purchases must post to your account by 12/31/12 and do not count towards determining your eligibility to earn 1%. Purchases made at warehouse clubs, wholesale distributors, or discount stores are not eligible. If a purchase is coded for a category other than those listed above, it will not qualify. Rewards are added to your CashBack Bonus account within 2 billing periods. See CashBack Bonus Program Terms and Conditions for further details.

To make sure, I called Discover and confirmed that all online purchases (even at WalMart.com) will get 5%CashBack. 5% CashBack is not valid if you walk into WalMart and make a purchase. Here is the number to Discover (800)347-2683. Ask yourself.

suezyque

Duct Tape Rules

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 1:06p

I did call. WalMart is considered a discount store and is therefore ineligible for the 5%.

macosx

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 1:07p

suezyque said: ChinaRider said: If you don't need it right this moment and don't mind dealing with Black Friday fiascoes, this seems to be a better deal for regular WalMart customers:

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

Well then this deal is worth $10 more to you!

macosx

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 1:12p

foghorn19 said: nwrain said: For people trying to figure out what size tablet to buy:

I spent a couple of hours in the past three weeks looking through forum posts comparing 10" tablets to 7" ones. I was particularly interested in the opinion of people that actually owned both sizes. About 80% of people of those people said that although they did like both sizes of tablet, their smaller one gets far more use.

I was leaning toward purchasing a 10" tablet and ended up buying a 7" just for this reason. I'm glad I did.

This.

I own ipad3 and a Nexus 7, and my usage is such that both of them can satisfy my tablet needs 100%. The Nexus 7 gets far more use than the ipad. Once you try them both for a few weeks and compare the experience, the smaller sized tablet wins, hands down.

So, the $329 ipad mini is a better deal.

The iPad mini and other 7 inch tablets are a compromise that are great values, but I still like my full size iPad most of the time. Where the small tablets shine are when mobile or using a very long time. For most uses sitting on the living room couch, the larger screen wins out.

HTN

Senior Member - 3K

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 1:17p

If you plan on using your Discover Card for the 5% online purchases promo (Oct-Dec), isn't it more beneficial to stack it with the 5% ShopDiscover rather than FW 1%?

vijujoshi

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 1:21p

HTN said: If you plan on using your Discover Card for the 5% online purchases promo (Oct-Dec), isn't it more beneficial to stack it with the 5% ShopDiscover rather than FW 1%?

Yes did it ......... let's see how many I get back.

suezyque

Duct Tape Rules

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 1:25p

HTN said: If you plan on using your Discover Card for the 5% online purchases promo (Oct-Dec), isn't it more beneficial to stack it with the 5% ShopDiscover rather than FW 1%?

In theory you should be able to stack the Discover 5% CB at Apple Store with the 5% CB from the Discover online purchases promo.

foghorn19

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 1:46p

docjoo said: foghorn19 said: nwrain said: For people trying to figure out what size tablet to buy:

I spent a couple of hours in the past three weeks looking through forum posts comparing 10" tablets to 7" ones. I was particularly interested in the opinion of people that actually owned both sizes. About 80% of people of those people said that although they did like both sizes of tablet, their smaller one gets far more use.

I was leaning toward purchasing a 10" tablet and ended up buying a 7" just for this reason. I'm glad I did.

This.

I own ipad3 and a Nexus 7, and my usage is such that both of them can satisfy my tablet needs 100%. The Nexus 7 gets far more use than the ipad. Once you try them both for a few weeks and compare the experience, the smaller sized tablet wins, hands down.

So, the $329 ipad mini is a better deal.

So you think iPad mini is better deal than Nexus 7? Just purchased Nexus 7 32GB for less than $190 via RadioShack deal (posted on FW two days ago). I have iPad 2 so don't need a mini. $190 Nexus 7 is better deal for me. Giving it to my kid for Christmas.

Find out which one has more/better apps for the kid. My guess is that the ipad has more than the Nexus. That swings the decision in favor of the ipad mini (but please check for the specific apps for your child's interests).

However, if the software is not a big differentiator, then go with the Nexus for better price.

Perhaps it's possible to give the ipad2 to the child, keep the Nexus for yourself and entirely skip the purchase of a third tablet. But I guess that idea belongs in FWF and not on this forum

letsspendlotsofmoney

Broke Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 3:08p

docjoo said: suezyque said: 69ragtop said: suezyque said: ChinaRider said: If you don't need it right this moment and don't mind dealing with Black Friday fiascoes, this seems to be a better deal for regular WalMart customers:

I think we all know by now that an Apple refurb is a solid bet, as they give the full warranty and provide a new shell and battery, but getting new instead of refurbished for only $5 more (assuming a $75 WalMart gift card is worthwhile to you) seems like a no-brainer to me.

Personally, I agree with siraloz, refurbished iPad 3rd generation for $379 seems like the best deal.

I think I'd rather pay the extra $5 to NOT have to deal with BF crowds ORWalMart shoppers.

I hear you but this is one of three products that are guaranteed to be in stock during the one hour Thanksgiving night or you get a raincheck-equivalent for it. So as long as you go to WalMart during that hour, you will get the deal. Interesting approach and I am guessing Apple and WalMart teamed up together to blow out iPad2 inventory as they wind it down and the iPad mini fills that product slot.

With some quick math I've come up with this.

Buying from Apple for $319, adding tax, subtracting Discover CB, I get $329.

Yes it is always this way for the cycling 5% CashBack. Same thing goes when there was 5% on gas. Buying gas at Sam's or Costco (ineligible for the 1% in the fine print) get the full 5% for the qtr, up to the limit. This qtrs Online 5% is the same, WalMart.com, costco.com etc all count.

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